Despite being made of approximately 64% Lazy, I’m actually not very good at doing nothing for long stretches of time. I get restless easily. Sometimes all it takes is a walk around the block, but pure sloth doesn’t really work for me. Thus, a beach or poolside holiday is not all that appealing to me [...]
India – Days 11 and 12 I am, as I expect is entirely apparent, neither a hippie nor a back-packer. I did pack-back across the US once when I was a student. Staying in hostels and the like. My one and only foray. And I didn’t actually have a back-pack. As such, Goa, by general [...]
India 2012 – Days 3-5 and 9 Before heading to India I heard the same comments repeatedly: you’ll find it confronting; oh, the smell; that will be “interesting”. As it turned out, however: I didn’t; it doesn’t; and it is, but without the air quotes. This was a conversation I had many times last week [...]
Never fear (as I’m sure you were concerned even paid a second’s attention), I have not – touch wood – been ill. My next India posts are coming soon. I have been taking notes and photos and video. I have also been working from 6am until 11pm every day in some form or another (yes, [...]
India 2012 – Day Two My first meal in India was Vegemite toast. But! Wait! Let me explain: Like any regular traveller, I’m sure, I have my little routines. When I have a morning flight I like to get to the airport in reasonable time and get checked-in and then head to the Qantas Club [...]
India 2012 – Day One – Dear Airlines of the World, Coke Zero is NOT the same as, nor an acceptable substitute for, Diet Coke. So if you could stock both on the planes, like you did until very recently, those of us who once gave it up for a whole year but are really [...]
I am currently Planning my trip to India. I never Plan my trip anywhere, really. Certainly not to the point of, three weeks out – as I am now – contemplating what to put into a medical kit. My usual pre-overseas trip routine goes like this: Phase One – The 2-3 Days From Idea For [...]
I unexpectedly got to try out the new Virgin domestic Business Class yesterday. I rarely fly Business Class on domestic flights. It seems distinctly not worth the money or wasting the points on an upgrade for a flight of one or two hours. For a trip to Perth, sure, but otherwise not unless I get [...]
Trips 9 Flights 23 Hotel rooms 7 Rental cars 4 Limos 1 Other Countries visited 4 Countries visited for 1st time 1 Other Australian States visited 2 Visits to Queensland 5 Months travelled in 8 Nights away from home 37 Flight legs spent in economy on a jam-packed A380 with a broken toilet [...]
